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Phase 2 Working Group Meeting #1

April 29, 2019

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Agenda

• Introduction
• Recap of Phase 1 results
• Phase 2 implementation plan review
• Public comment

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Introduction

• Welcome
• Secretary Jennifer Cohan,

Delaware Department of Transportation

• Todd Lawson, Sussex County
• Self-introductions
• Summary of notebook materials
• Agenda
• Presentation
• Phase 2 implementation plan
• Discussion of Working Group guidelines

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Working group guidelines

• Expectations
• Participate actively

throughout the process

• 11 of the 20 Working Group members

must be present to meet

• Represent broader views

in addition to individual views

• Offer suggestions to

DelDOT and Sussex County

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Working group guidelines

• How we treat each other
• Each member has an equal right to speak and ask questions.
• Each member is encouraged to share individual viewpoints.

Individual opinions are valid whether others agree with them

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• We will listen to, respect and seek to understand the views of
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• Disagreements will be explored, not suppressed.
• We will be courteous when addressing other committee

members, staff and consultants.

• We will refrain from interrupting each other, staff or

consultants.

• We will keep our comments relevant to the topic under

discussion.

• We will focus on opportunities for the future, not past issues.

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Working group guidelines

• How we communicate
• Ideas discussed within the Working Group should not be

presented as representing the position of the Working Group without the agreement of the Working Group.

• When speaking about the work of the Working Group outside
• f meetings, members are speaking for themselves only

unless speaking from approved documents or positions of the Working Group.

• In order to comply with FOIA, email communications between

members of the Working Group should be sent through the DelDOT project team.

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Recap of Phase 1 results

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Recap of Phase 1 results

• Partnership between

DelDOT and Sussex County

• Goal of Phase 1 was to develop

recommendations to improve local traffic circulation at Five Points and in the surrounding area

• Guided by a Working Group representing a

cross section of the community

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Recap of Phase 1 results

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Recap of Phase 1 results

I.G. Burton Todd Lawson George Cole

• Sen. Ernesto B. Lopez

Robert Fischer Lloyd Schmitz Dennis Forney

• Rep. Peter Schwartzkopf

Scott Green

• Rep. Steve Smyk
• R. Keller Hopkins

Josh Thomas Christian Hudson Ann Marie Townshend DJ Hughes Gail Van Gilder

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• 10 WG meetings
• 2 public workshops

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Recap of Phase 1 results

78 recommendations in five categories (see handout)

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Recap of Phase 1 results

7 recommendations (Category A) are being addressed by current DelDOT projects and initiatives, including:

• Modifications to current capital projects:

Route 1/Minos Conaway Road, Route 24, Plantation Road

• Route 24 North Millsboro Bypass
• Route 1 Corridor Capacity Preservation

Program

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Recap of Phase 1 results

27 recommendations (Category B) are to “implement policies and procedures to make the area more efficient, sustainable and beautiful.” Eight priorities were identified, including:

• Updates to development regulations
• Signing improvements
• Advancing TIDs
• Parking management system
• Advance acquisition process improvements

(now complete)

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Recap of Phase 1 results

20 recommendations (Category C) are to “make the most of existing roadway infrastructure.” Ten priorities were identified, including:

• Study to widen US 9
• Various intersection improvements
• Canary Creek bridge on New Road
• Selected improvements on existing roads
• Continued signal timing/phasing improvements

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Recap of Phase 1 results

15 recommendations (Category D) are to “make walking, bicycling, and transit more viable as alternatives to driving.” Six priorities were identified, including:

• Transit service improvements
• Walking/bicycling connections between

neighborhoods

• Filling sidewalk gaps
• Studying pedestrian bridges over Route 1

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Recap of Phase 1 results

9 recommendations (Category E) are to “invest in new infrastructure to support anticipated growth.” Three priorities were identified:

• Study a grade separation at Five Points
• Study a new road parallel to and west of

Plantation Road

• Plan for grid road patterns in the area

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Recap of Phase 1 results

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Implement policies and procedures to make the area more efficient, sustainable and beautiful (8 priorities out of 27 recommendations) Make the most of existing roadway infrastructure (8 priorities out of 20 recommendations) Make walking, bicycling, and transit more viable as alternatives to driving (5 priorities out of 15 recommendations) Invest in new infrastructure to support anticipated growth (3 priorities out of 9 recommendations)

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Recap of Phase 1 results

• Commitments made

in Phase 1:

• DelDOT and Sussex County will start to act
• n the Working Group’s recommendations
• The Working Group will remain involved in

Phase 2

• DelDOT and Sussex County will report on

progress on a regular basis

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Phase 2 implementation plan

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Phase 2 implementation plan

• Progress is already being made
• 8 recommendations are complete or being

incorporated into other projects

• 13 initiatives are in progress
• 15 additional recommendations will be

addressed starting in 2019

• Examples of progress to date:

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Phase 2 implementation plan

SR 1 Intersection and Median Crossover Assessment (see handout)

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• Collected July 2017 traffic

counts

• Analyzed crash data from

January 2012 to March 2019

• Developed

recommendations and compared to 2007 Corridor Capacity Preservation Program

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Phase 2 implementation plan

Nine short-term recommendations (see handout) Three currently in design

• SR 5
• Hudson Road/Steamboat

Landing Road

• Oyster Rocks Road/Eagle

Crest Road

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Phase 2 implementation plan

Bike box on Dartmouth Drive at SR 1

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Phase 2 implementation plan

Category B complete:

• B-4: Advance acquisition process

improvements

• B-23: App to warn people of congestion and

recommend alternative routes

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Phase 2 implementation plan

Category B in progress:

• B-7: Continue TID studies east and west of

Route 1

• B-9: Study New Road per Byway Master Plan
• B-13: Study alternatives to both meter and slow

southbound traffic approaching Five Points

• B-21: Study emergency vehicle pre-emption
• B-22: Require bike parking in new developments

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Phase 2 implementation plan

Category B priorities for 2019:

• B-1: Require new development to plan for

interconnections

• B-2: Consider additional buffers/setbacks
• B-3: Study modifying SB signage in Milford
• B-5: Study Arby’s driveway

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Phase 2 implementation plan

Category C complete:

• C-2: Signal warrant study at Route 9 and Minos

Conaway Road

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Phase 2 implementation plan

• Category C in progress:
• C-3: Improve Old Landing and Warrington Road
• C-4: Improve Canary Creek bridge
• C-5: Improve Cave Neck/Sweet Briar/Hudson
• C-9: Short-term improvements at Route

9/Plantation/Beaver Dam

• C-10: Continue to improve traffic signal phasing,

timing, and coordination

• C-13: Study crossovers on Route 1

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Phase 2 implementation plan

• Category C priorities for 2019:
• C-1: Corridor study on Route 9
• C-7: Feasibility study for improving Minos

Conaway Road

• C-8: Feasibility study for restriping sections of

Savannah Road with a two-way left-turn lane

• C-19: Study all-way STOP at Beaver

Dam/Kendale

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Phase 2 implementation plan

Category D in progress:

• D-14: Feasibility study for bicyclist left turns

from Dartmouth Drive

• D-15: Study opportunities for pedestrian

crossings on Kings Highway and Freeman Highway

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Phase 2 implementation plan

Category D priorities for 2019:

• D-1: Feasibility study for van or jitney service

loop

• D-4: Study of sidewalk gaps along New Road

and Old Orchard Road

• D-5: Study of sidewalk gaps along Savannah

Road between Lewes and Five Points

• D-7: Feasibility study for transit service in the

Milton/Red Mill Pond/Minos Conaway Road area

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Phase 2 implementation plan

Category E priorities for 2019:

• E-2: Study a new road parallel to and west of

Plantation Road

• E-3: Plan for grid road patterns in the area

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Phase 2 implementation plan

• DelDOT and Sussex County will start to act
• n the Working Group’s recommendations
• Draft implementation plan is in place
• Individual projects, as they move forward,

will remain connected to the overall Five Points framework

• Your effort will help us establish “purpose

and need” for these projects

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Phase 2 implementation plan

• The Phase 2 Working Group

will advise on implementation

• DelDOT and the County appreciate the

Working Group providing the local knowledge needed to implement projects successfully

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Phase 2 implementation plan

• What will the group do?
• Meet 2-3 times per year
• Monitor the progress of the

implementation plan

• Support the project development process

as champions and advocates for individual projects that arise from the Five Points Transportation Study

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Phase 2 implementation plan

• DelDOT and Sussex County

will report on progress on a regular basis

• Public outreach, including an annual public

workshop for the overall Five Points Transportation Study, will continue

• An annual report will be prepared
• As usual, public workshops will be held for

individual capital projects as they proceed

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Phase 2 implementation plan

• Proposed next steps
• Email stakeholders to make the public

aware of the implementation plan

• Begin work on 2019 priorities
• Convene the Working Group again in the fall
• Prepare the first annual report, showing

progress made in 2019, in early 2020

• Hold the first annual Phase 2 public

workshop in spring 2020

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Public comment

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Thank you for your participation!

Jenn Cinelli-Miller

Project Planner Delaware Department of Transportation jennifer.cinelli@delaware.gov 302.760.2549

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